They then accordingly assembling together, asked him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time reestablish the kingdom of Israel?

And as he was speaking these things, while they were looking upon him, he was taken up; and a cloud enveloping him hid him from their eyes.

And as they looked up earnestly into the heaven, while he was passing, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

Then they returned unto Jerusalem, from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, about a sabbath-day's journey distant.

And when they had arrived, they went up to an upper room, where abode Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealous, and Jude brother to James.

So they appointed two persons, Joseph called Barsabas, whose sirname was Justus, and Matthias.

And joining in prayer, they said, Do thou, O Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, point out the one of these two which thou hast chosen,

And they drew lots for them and the lot fell to Matthias and he was by unanimous suffrage numbered with the eleven apostles.

SO when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with unanimity assembled together.

And there came suddenly from heaven a sound as it were of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.

And when this report spread, the multitude collected around them, and were overwhelmed with astonishment, because they heard them speaking every one in his own peculiar dialect.

And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying one to another, Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and they who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia,

And they were all amazed, and much perplexed, and knew not what to think, saying one to another, What can this mean?

and upon my servants and my handmaidens in those days will I pour out of my spirit; and they shall prophesy:

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

They therefore who gladly received his discourse were baptised: and there were added to them that day about three thousand souls.

And they persevered stedfastly in the doctrine of the apostles, and in communion, and in breaking bread, and in prayers.

And daily continuing with one mind at the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of their food with great joy and simplicity of heart,

when a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were entering into the temple;

and they took notice of him, that it was the same person who had sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with astonishment and amazed at what had happened to him.

AND as they were thus speaking, the priests, and the captain of the temple-guard, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

worn down with vexation, because they taught the people, and preached by Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

And they laid hands on them, and committed them to prison till the next day: for it was then evening.

And placing them in the midst, they interrogated them, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this thing?

Attentively regarding then the noble confidence of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were men unlettered, and destitute of education, they were astonished; and they recollected them, that they had been with Jesus.

But seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they had not a word to reply in contradiction.

But bidding them retire out of the council-chamber, they conferred among themselves,

So calling them in, they charged them not to speak in any manner, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus.

Then they with many additional threatenings dismissed them, finding no pretext how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for what had been done.

But they being dismissed, came unto their own friends, and told them all things which the high-priests and elders had said.

Now when they heard it, they lifted up their united voice to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God which made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them:

For they have been in truth collected together against thy holy Son Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, even Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen, and the people of Israel,

And while they were praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

But by the hands of the apostles were many signs and miracles done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in the portico of Solomon.

Insomuch that they carried out into the streets the sick, and laid them on beds and couches, that when Peter was coming by, if but even his shadow might pass over some of them.

Having heard this therefore, they entered very early in the morning into the temple, and taught. But when the high-priest came, and those who were with him, they convoked the sanhedrim, and all the assembly of elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to bring them.

Now when they heard these words, both the priest and captain of the temple and the chief priests were in the utmost perplexity concerning these things, what could be the meaning of it.

Then went the captain, with the officers, and brought them; not forcibly, for they were afraid of the people, lest they should stone them.

But when they had conducted them, they placed them in the sanhedrim: and the high-priest interrogated them,

But when they heard this, they were cut asunder as with a saw, and took counsel how to make away with them.

And to him they assented: and calling in the apostles, after scourging them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

Then they went rejoicing from the presence of the sanhedrim, that for his name's sake, they had been counted worthy to suffer this injurious treatment.

And all the day long in the temple, and from house to house, they never ceased teaching and preaching Jesus Christ.

And this saying was very agreeable to all the multitude: and they elected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas a proselyte a man of Antioch:

whom they presented before the apostles: and having prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

And they could not resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke.

Then they suborned men to say, We heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses, and against God.

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and coming upon him, they seized him together, and dragged him to the sanhedrim;

and they set up false witnesses, saying, This man doth not cease speaking blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Then spake God to him thus, That his seed should sojourn in a foreign land: and that they should enslave it, and grievously afflict it, four hundred years.

And the nation by which they shall be enslaved will I judge, said God: and after these things they shall come out, and shall worship me in this place.

and they removed him to Sychem, and laid him in the sepulchre which Abraham had bought, at a price paid in silver, of the sons of Emmor, the father of Shechem.

For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand would give them deliverance: but they understood not.

And the following day he shewed himself to them as they were fighting, and urged them to peace, saying, My friends, ye are brethren; wherefore do ye ill treat one another?

This very Moses whom they had rejected, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice for the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they killed those who before published the tidings of the coming of that Righteous Person; of whom ye have now been the betrayers and murderers:

Now when they heard these things, they were cut through their hearts as with a saw, and gnashed upon him with their teeth.

Then they screamed out with a great cry, and stopped their ears, and rushed all together upon him,

And they stoned Stephen, in the act of prayer, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!

And the multitudes with united minds were very attentive to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard him, and saw the miracles which he did.

And to him they attended, because he had of a considerable time astonished them by his magical tricks.

But when they believed Philip, who preached the glad tidings of the things which related to the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised both men and women.

But when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

for as yet he had not fallen on any one of them: only they had been baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus.

Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

saying, Confer on me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, they may receive the Holy Ghost.

Then they, after bearing their testimony, and speaking the word of the Lord, returned towards Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

But as they went on the road, they came to some water: and the eunuch said, Here is water, what forbids my being baptised?

And he bid the carriage stop: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptised him.

But when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more: then he went on his way rejoicing.

Then Paul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

but their design was discovered to Saul. And they kept guard at the gates of the city day and night, that they might kill him.

But when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not crediting that he was a disciple.

and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. And he talked and disputed with the Grecian proselytes: but they made an attempt to murder him.

Then the brethren, when they knew it brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.

And all who dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

But it came to pass that in those days she sickened and died: having then washed her, they laid her out in an upper room.

Then Peter arose and went with them. And they carried him, on his arrival, into the upper room: and all the widows stood round him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made, whilst she was with them.

Then the next morning, as they were on their journey, and drew near to the city, Peter went up to the flat roof to pray about the sixth hour:

and he grew very hungry, and desired something to eat: but whilst they were getting it ready, a sacred ecstacy fell upon him.

Then they said, Cornelius a centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report with all the nation of the Jews, has been divinely admonished by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, to hear words from thee.

And the next day they entered into Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relations and nearest friends.

And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the region of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they killed suspending him on a tree:

And they of the circumcision who were believers, as many as came with Peter, were amazed, because even on the Gentiles the gift of the holy Ghost was poured out.

For they heard them speaking in different languages, and magnifying God. Then Peter addressed them,

So he commanded them to be baptised in the name of the Lord. Then they entreated him to tarry there some days.

And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision disputed with him,

So when they heard these things they were satisfied, and glorified God, saying, Well! then hath God even to the Gentiles given repentance unto life.

And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they arrived at Antioch, spake to the Grecian proselytes, preaching the Lord Jesus.

And the report concerning them was heard in the ears of the church which was at Jerusalem: and they dispatched Barnabas, to go as far as Antioch.

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that during a whole year they were jointly employed in that church, and taught a vast multitude, and they called for the first time in Antioch the disciples Christians.

which also they did, sending it off to the presbyters by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

So passing through the first ward and the second, they came to the iron door which leads into the city, which opened to them spontaneously: and being come out, they walked forward through one street; and immediately the angel departed from him.

But they said, Thou art raving. But she confidently persisted that it was so. Then they said, It is his angel.

But Peter continued knocking: and they opened the door and saw him, and were astonished.

Then beckoning with the hand that they should be silent, he informed them in what manner the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Tell James and the brethren these things. And departing thence he went into another place.